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Skinny Jeans

24-year old North Korean refugee Danbi was a smuggler in North Korea's black markets.  Here she gives us a tour of a market in South Korea, which reminds her of the markets in the North.

Why young North Koreans are daring to wear skinny jeans

September 29, 2015Culture

Meet a young North Korean woman, who dared to defy her government, by wearing skinny jeans.

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